Abstract: In classic mystery fiction, criminality is represented at the level of the individual, with a heavy emphasis placed on the moral culpability and guilt of the singular criminal. These retributivist representations are often burdened by a neglect of institutional and structural causes for criminal behaviour. By emphasising individual ‘evil’ and guilt, they have the […]

Abstract: Debates regarding the silencing of minorities and the marginalisation of those colonised is not new. The process of perpetuating colonialism is seen in the narratives regarding immigration of those from the global North who occupied places and spaces in the global South. To critically analyse the discursive reality of tourist routes in the three […]

Abstract: For a cadre of influential figures in politics, business, urban planning, and architecture, the Japanese surrender in August 1945 marked the “closing of the Japanese frontier.” With overseas expansion no longer an option due to the loss of the colonies and global decolonization, political and business elites turned to investments in industrial technology and […]

Excerpt: Settler colonialism falls into the category of concepts that may provoke guilt in a certain type of liberal and fury in a certain type of conservative But even if “settler colonialism” goes the way of “critical race theory,” becoming the new pet hate of liberal pundits’ anti-academic screeds and conservative politicians’ draconian legislation, the […]

Description: In Bad Medicine, Sarah A. Whitt exposes how Native American boarding schools and other settler institutions like asylums, factories, and hospitals during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries worked together as a part of an interconnected system of settler domination. In so doing, Whitt centers the experiences of Indigenous youth and adults alike at […]

Abstract: Indigenous peoples worldwide face significant health disparities rooted in colonial legacies, including displacement, socioeconomic marginalization, and discrimination. The focus of this chapter is colonialism as a determinant of Indigenous health, emphasizing its structural impact on social, cultural, and economic well-being. It compares global case studies to demonstrate how colonialism continues to impact Indigenous health […]

Excerpt: It is hard to be critical of Martin Jay’s desire to recentre Jewish empathy amidst the ongoing genocide, and I sympathize with his impulse to focus on this. But I think Jay’s argument for empathy needs to reckon with Israel’s settler colonialism, and the state terrorism that upholds it. 

Abstract: This study brings Kichwa epistemology into conversation with extractive governmentality, settler colonialism, and Indigenous environmental justice to demonstrate that extractive governmental frameworks in the Ecuadorian Amazon engage with settler colonial logic. Settler logics found in territorial legal frameworks are intended to displace and destroy practices of Indigenous-forest relations and replace them with “productivity” at […]

Abstract: Rock art, as it was framed by formal South African cultural institutions, held an enduring appeal to the white publics of the apartheid era. In the post-apartheid era, this category of art occupies a prominent and contested space in South African museological discourse. Drawn from the authors’ doctoral research, this article examines some of […]

Abstract: Positive Behaviour Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is a whole school change framework and approach to learning and engagement that originated in the United States (US) and is now implemented around the world. Such a framework requires consideration of cultural responsiveness, particularly in settler colonial states such as the US and Australia. This article examines […]